When Steve Cabouli had his wallet stolen in an airport a few years back, he didn’t just get mad. He fired up Google and searched the internet high and low for a “hi-tech wallet”. After failing to find one, he decided to make one. So was born the iWallet.
The iWallet is a kevlar and carbon fiber box with a fingerprint-reading lock, so, like Judge Dredd’s Lawgiver gun, it can only be used by its owner (unlike the Lawgiver, the iWallet doesn’t blow off the hands of a would-be-thief). It also has Bluetooth inside, and if the “wallet” wanders too far from your compatible cellphone (BlackBerry) then an alarm will sound.
But what if the battery runs out? Sadly, there is no mention. What if a thief manages to make off with your valuables, perhaps because you have the wrong kind of cellphone? You are, of course, out of luck: The iWallet might be “tamper resistant”, but once the thief has your iWallet in his home or thieve’s den, a screwdriver should make swift work of prizing it open.
Better is the final feature, a feature that means that you won’t need to wait for a pickpocket in order to lose your money. That “feature” is the price, a wallet-emptying $600 (or a mere $300 for the fiberglass version).
We shall leave you with the promo video, so fantastically cheesy and full of hammy acting that it could easily pass as a croque monsieur. Available December 11th.
iWallet Product page [iWallet]
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